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Vanesa Del Rey and Erica Henderson Homage Megadeth and Dio for Latest Murder Falcon Variants

Published Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:38:58 -0600

Are you ready to rock? Yeah, okay, it is a little early for rocking. Rocking is more of an after lunchtime sort of thing. In any case, Image Comics is ready to rock with new variant covers for Murder Falcon by artists Vanesa Del Rey and Erica Henderson, homaging metal album covers by Megadeth and Dio. These variants will grace the covers of Murder Falcon #6, out March 13th, and Murder Falcon #7, out April 10th, as part of an ongoing series of variants for the series homaging classic metal album covers.

Check out the press release and the variants below.

PORTLAND, OR, 02/01/2019 — Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment are pleased to reveal two more "Heavy Metal" variant covers for Daniel Warren Johnson's Murder Falcon.

Each issue of the head-banging action series features a variant cover that pays tribute to a different classic heavy metal album cover. Murder Falcon #6's "Heavy Metal" variant cover, with art provided by acclaimed Redlands artist Vanesa Del Rey, homages Megadeth's Rust in Peace. Eisner Award-winning artist Erica Henderson (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) provides the art for Murder Falcon #7's "Heavy Metal" variant cover, which salutes Dio's iconic debut album Holy Diver.

Murder Falcon #6 will hit stores on Wednesday, March 13th, and the final order cutoff deadline for comics retailers is Monday, February 18th.

Murder Falcon #7 will be available on Wednesday, April 10th, and the final order cutoff deadline for comics retailers is Monday, March 18th.

Murder Falcon #6 Cover A by Johnson (Diamond code: JAN190339)